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State Department Approves $70 Million Sale of GMLRS Rockets To Jordan

Wednesday, February 9th, 2022

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State Department Approves $70 Million Sale of GMLRS Rockets To Jordan

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS). (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The State Department approved a potential $70 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket pods to Jordan. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of this sale on Feb. 8. Jordan’s requested sale includes 114 GMLRS Unitary High Explosive (HE) Tri-Mode Fuze (GMLRS-U) (M31) Rockets, 114 Reduced Range Practice Rockets (RRPR) and associated program, technical and logistics support services. The primary contractor will be Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] missile and fire control business unit.…

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